Look for more information about online and in-person voting to begin week of April 22nd.

Don't Just Declare a Major - Follow a Calling

Thurs., April 11, 6 - 8 p.m.

Carole Ellis Auditorium, Petaluma Campus

Presented by Gregg Lavoy, Author of Callings: Finding & Following an Authentic Life Students often struggle to know and follow their truest callings, to negotiate the tight passages of career choice, and to create a match between who they are and what they do----the best kind of success. These decisions need to be made as much from the soul and spirit as from the dictates of security. What's at stake is a life of authenticity and integrity, a life that honors passion and purpose, and a life that's an original and not a knock-off.

In this dynamic and humorous lecture/discussion, we'll strike up a dialogue with the deep self, and hear what the soul has to say about anything as important as our worklife. With an eye toward gaining clarity and courage, we'll explore the psychological and practical processes typically encountered in listening and responding to callings, and the questions that arise naturally in their presence: How do you tell a true call from a false one? How do you choose from among many passions? How do you handle your resistance to a calling? What happens when you say no?

What happens when you say yes?

Sponsored by SRJC Human Resources and Petaluma Campus.

April 2013 - SRJC Athletics Home Schedule

BaseballThur, April 11...................................vs Cosumnes River (2:30pm) SoftballTue, April 9......................................vs Sacramento CC (3pm)Sat, April 13.....................................vs American River (12-2pm)

The Transfer Center is offering a series of Spring 2013 Workshops and Events to provide you with the information you need to prepare for a bachelor's degree program. Take advantage of what we can teach you about the transfer process.

SRJC's annual Commencement Ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 10 a.m. If you are completing your degree requirements this semester and plan to participate in our graduation ceremony, please submit the graduation petition online by April 15th. More information regarding the ceremony will be mailed to students after review of the graduation petition. If you are completing your degree but do not plan to participate in the annual ceremony, you must still submit the online graduation petition so that your diploma can be mailed to you and your degree posted to your academic record. For more information, please refer to the Graduation homepage.

SRJC Scholarship Programs

Apply for scholarships to help you in 2013-14!For more information about scholarships and their deadlines, drop by the Scholarship Office in Plover Hall, Santa Rosa Campus or visit our web site.

You may also call (707) 527-4740 (Santa Rosa) or (707) 778-2461 (Petaluma).

Supporting Emotional Development at School and at Home

Please join us for as student parent workshop on Wednesday April 17th from 3:00-4:15 p.m. titled "Supporting Emotional Development at School & at Home." Site Supervisor, Tina Rosenberg, will talk about Social Emotional Development children 18 months-5 years old and share how we facilitate social-emotional learning in the SRJC Children's Center. She will offer tips on how to teach your child social-emotional skills at home and how to help with stressful situations you might encounter at home.

The workshop will include a make-and-take calm-down kit for use at your home.

Please call the SRJC Children's Center office at (707) 527-4224 to reserve a space at the workshop.

We need an accurate count to ensure enough materials for everyone. The workshop will be held in Robert Call Child Development Center, 1st Floor, Room 3805.

Petaluma Cinema Series

Films are shown Wednesdays in the Carole L. Auditorium on the Petaluma Campus.Box Office Opens: 5:30-7:15 pmPre-Film Lecture: 6 pmPost-Screening Discussion until 10 pmASP Members are FREE.For more information go to petalumafilmfest.org.

April 10.....................Run Lola Run

Surviving an Active Shooter Situation

District Police, Environmental Health and Safety and the Associated Students are sponsoring three presentations of 'Shots Fired on Campus - When Lightning Strikes'. This video offers expert guidance for surviving an active shooter situation. Following the video, District Police Chief Matt McCaffrey will be available to answer questions from the audience.

At the Faire: You will find literally thousands of donatedbooks--fiction and nonfiction, current titles and old favorites. Amongthem are choice art books and cookbooks as well as exceptional bargainsin children's books, collector's editions and computer books withCD-ROMs. A large variety of movies on VHS and DVD, books on tape and CD, and music tapes and CDs will also be available at bargain prices.

Directions to the Book Faire

Veterans Building, Santa Rosa

Take Hwy 101 to Hwy 12 East. Take the E Street off ramp. Go straight on Bennett Valley Rd. Turn left on Brookwood. Turn let on Maple. Veterans Building on the right

For more information, call 707 545-0831 x541.

Have you got your ASP mug yet?

If not stop by one of the locations below to pick one up.

Bear Fact:

Dutiful mothers, female polar bears usually give birth to twin cubs, which stay with her for more than two years until they can hunt and survive on their own.

Photograph by Norbert Rosing

BearFacts is a publication of the SRJC Student Affairs Office

The purpose of the BearFacts Bulletin is to provide students with information

about SRJC events, activities, engagement opportunities and important deadlines.

All submissions can be emailed to the Student Graphic Artist/BearFacts Editorbearfacts@santarosa.edu. Submissions may be edited for length & clarity.